Education
2009 Iceland Academy of the Arts, Diploma in Creative and Critical Thinking
2004 San Francisco Art Institute, Master of Fine Arts in Photography
1997 Istituto Europeo di Design, Bachelor of Arts in Photography
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Perceptions, Chung 24, San Francisco, CA, USA
2019 A Sense of Place - Imprints of Iceland, Mengi, Reykjavik, Iceland
2017 A Matter of Some Moments, Ramskram Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
2016 Outlook, Reykjavík Museum of Photography, Reykjavik, Iceland
2014 Moments, VI International Festival of Photography PhotoVisa, Krasnodar, Russia
2005 Scapes, First Street Gallery, Eureka, CA, USA
2004 Dreamscapes, Zinc Details, San Francisco, CA, USA
1997 Christmas in Historical Reykjavik, Reykjavik City Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
2023 International Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA, USA
Far Away is Now, 120710 Gallery, Berkeley, CA, USA
Select West 2023, Garvey Simon, San Anselmo, CA, USA
Shallow Anchors, Upstart Modern, Sausalito, CA, USA
Slice, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA, USA
Earth, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Hold Up Half the Sky!, Dallas Center for Photography, Dallas, TX, USA
International Festival of Photography San Jose Foto, San Jose Foto Festival, San Jose, Uruguay
2023 Members Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA, USA
“Shapeshifters: Myth and Magic of the North”, Think Round Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA
Conceptual Photography, Artdoc Magazine, online
Conceptual Photography Exhibition, D’art Gallery, Denver, CO, USA
18th National Photography Competition, fotofoto gallery, NY, USA
Water, Marin Society of Artists, CA, USA
2022
The Small Works Exhibit, Artworks Downtown, CA, USA
2022 National Multi-Media Juried Art Show, Wilson Arts Center, NC, USA
Adopted Landscapes, Collective 62, Miami, FL, USA
Brand 50, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA, USA
Art in the Orchard, McEvoy Ranch, Petaluma, CA, USA
RESTART, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA
MINE: What is Ours in the Wake of Extraction, Midway Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
LensCulture New York 2022, Caelum Gallery, New York City, NY, USA
Member’s 2022 Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA, USA
Hérna, Hlöðuloftið Korpúlfsstaðir, Reykjavík, Iceland
CAL International 2022, Conroe Art League, Conroe, TX, USA
2021
Barcelona Foto Biennale, Barcelona, Spain
Sýningin, Gömlu kartöflugeymslurnar, Reykjavík, Iceland
2021 International Juried Show, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA, USA
Torg Photo Festival, Korpúlfsstöðum, Reykjavík Iceland
Flow Photofest, Gallery Pop, Forres, Scotland
Imago Lisboa Photo Festival 2021, Gallery Imago Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
BBA Photography Prize at Berlin Photo, BBA Gallery, Berlin, Germany
In Conversation with the Land, Center for Fine Art Photography, Colorado, USA
Alt-Photo: Alternative Processes in Contemporary Photography, Analog Gallery, CA, USA
2020
Reimagined Landscapes, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA, USA
2020 San Francisco Bay International Photography Exhibition, Berkeley, CA, USA
2020 International Juried Competition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA, USA
8x10 Fundraising Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA, USA
Water, Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Decorah, Idaho, USA
Respite and Renewal: Inside and Out, Online Exclusive, Susan Eley Fine Art, NYC, USA
Distinction, 23rd Juried Photography Exhibition, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, CA, USA
2019
2019 San Francisco Bay International Photography Exhibition, Berkeley, CA, USA, Gold Award Winner
39th Annual Connect and Collect, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, USA
2019 Members Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA, USA
ARTBOX.PROJECT ZÜRICH 1.0, Swiss Art Expo, Zurich, Switzerland
ISO 2019 - Ljósmyndasýning FÍSL, Korpúlfstaðir, Reykjavík, Iceland
Nordic Light, Think Round Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA
Public Alchemy III, Cubberley Community Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Something Blue, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA, USA
2018
Memory and Perception, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Marin, CA, USA
2018 International Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA, USA, 3rd place
38th Annual Connect and Collect, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, USA
Bay Area Currents, Smith Andersen North Gallery, San Anselmo, CA, USA
Landscapes 2018 Exhibition, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, USA
2018 National Best Contemporary Photography, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN, USA
The Fence 2018, Brooklyn, NY, Denver, CO, Santa Fe, NM, Boston, MA, Atlanta, GA, Durham, NC, Sarasota, FL, Calgary Canada
stARTup Art Fair, Hotel del Sol, San Francisco, CA, USA
Elements, Vanessa Lacy Gallery, Kansas City, MO, USA
Tree Talk, Lafayette City Center, Boston, MA, USA
2017
Contemporary Landscape, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, CA, USA
Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards 2017, WHITEBOX Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Art of Living Photography Gallery Awards, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA, USA
Reflect & Engage, The Image Flow, Mill Valley, CA, USA
FÍSL 2017 Samtímaljósmyndun, Miklagardur, Höfn í Hornafirði, Iceland
Public Alchemy II, Cubberley Community Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Cascade, Nordic Innovation House, Palo Alto, CA, USA
4th Annual Juried Art Show, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, CA, USA
2016
Connect and Collect, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, USA
Anne and Mark’s Art Party, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA, USA
11th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, USA, Jurors award
Family!, Portfolio Showcase, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY, USA
Dwelling, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
Cascade, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
Public Alchemy, Cubberley Community Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Family Portraits, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, USA, Jurors award
2015
Domestic, PHOTO Gallery, Oakland, CA, USA
Connect and Collect, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, USA
Family Matters, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, USA
ÍSÓ 2015, Old Shrimp Factory, Isafjordur, Iceland
The Salon Exhibit, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Left Coast Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, USA
Still Life/Life Still, Darkroom Gallery, Essex, VT, USA
On the Road, The Club at SJC, San Jose, CA, USA
2014
Open, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Looking Out, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH, USA
Landforms, Northern Lights Festival, Norwegian House, Stykkisholmur, Iceland
Dreams, Fantasies and Illusions, Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, USA
Inside Out, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
Connect and Collect, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, USA
Anne and Mark’s Art Party, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA, USA
2014 San Francisco International Photography Exhibition, Gallery Photographica, San Francisco, CA, USA
Shelter, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, USA
Of Memory, Bone and Myth, The Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead, MN, USA
Icelandic Women Photographers 1872-2013, National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
2013
Context Art Fair, Miami, FL, USA
Imagining the Real, Carnegie Art Center, Turlock, CA, USA
Unfamiliar Landscapes, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, USA
Origin and Geography in the Digital Era, Italian Cultural Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA
Women’s Works, Old Court House Art Center, Woodstock, IL, USA
2012
Arles 2012 Vois Off, Arles, France
2012 International Exhibition of Women’s Fine Art Photography, .NO Gallery, New York, NY, USA, Honorable mention
Water, Ministry for the Environment, Reykjavik, Iceland
Icelandic Contemporary Photography, Kex Hostel, Reykjavik, Iceland
Echo/Bergmál, Reykjavik Museum of Photography, Reykjavik, Iceland
2011
Points of Departure, Jones Studio Gallery, Long Beach, CA, USA
Shaped by Water, Los Altos History Museum, Los Altos, CA, USA
Urban Forest, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Summer Photo Show, Lunch Box Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
California!, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, USA
Inanimate, Flash Gallery, Lakewood, CO, USA
1999 - 2009
Flash at a Moment of Danger, LA Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland
Freestyle 2-3-d, Energy Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Diptychs, Soke Fine Art, Minturn, CO, USA
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Herbst Pavilion, San Francisco, CA, USA
Feminology, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Fragments of Life in the Urban Environment, City Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA
Icelandic Photographers Association: 2001 in Review, Kópavogur Art Museum, Reykjavik,Iceland
Icelandic Photographers Association: 1999 in Review, Kópavogur Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Selected Graduating Student’s, Istituto Europeo di Design, Rome, Italy
Monograph
“A Sense of Place - Imprints of Iceland”, Monograph, January 2020
Selected Bibliography
“Earth Week: Charlotta Hauksdóttir: Imprints”, Lenscratch, April 2023
“A Sense of Place, Imprints of Iceland”, Europe Now, Council for European Studies, January 2022
“Earth Day in Isolation”, Musée Magazine, April 2020
“Charlotta Hauksdottir: A Sense of Place: Imprints of Iceland, Lenscratch, January 2020
“Surreal and fantastical Landscape” Morgunbladid Daily Newspaper, December 2020
“What the Weather Is”, New York Review of Books, December 2019
“A Sense of Place by Charlotta Maria Hauksdottir”, All About Photo, December 2019
“Book Review: A Sense of Place by Charlotta María Hauksdóttir”, F-Stop Magazine, December 2019
“Charlotta Hauksdóttir – Finding a “Sense of Place” in Iceland”, Formed from Light, October 2019
“Charlotta Maria Hauksdottir”, Aint-Bad Magazine, April 2019
“Imprints by Charlotta Hauksdottir”, Dodho Magazine, March 2019
“Charlotta María Hauksdóttir - Imprints”, KATALOG-Journal, December 2018
“The Risks of Concerned Art in the Digital Age”, Medium, October 2018
“Imagined Landscapes”, Frettabladid Daily Newspaper, October 2018
“Wild Icelandic Landscapes as you’ve never seen them”, WIRED Magazine, September 2018
“Le donne fotografe dalla nascita della fotografia ad oggi: uno sguardo di genere”, Patrizia Pulga, (Italy), March 2017
“The Human Landscape”, What will you remember?, April 2017
Charlotta María Hauksdóttir: "Outlook" at the Reykjavik Museum of Photography, www.all-about-photo.com, June 2016
“Family Matters”, Show Catalog, PhotoPlace Gallery, (VT, USA), July 2015
“Art in 365 Days”, Icelandic Art Calendar, (Reykjavik, Iceland), November 2014
“Dreams, Fantasies and Illusions”, Show Catalog, PhotoPlace Gallery, (VT, USA) October 2014
“What’s Important and Precious to Me”, Show Catalog, PhotoVisa, (Russia), September 2014
“Photo of the Day” www.Smithsonian.com, September 2014
“Behold” Photo Blog, Slate Magazine, www.slate.com, August 2014
“Of Memory, Bone and Myth”, Show Catalog, The Rourke Art Museum, (MN, USA) March 2014
“Betur sjá augu”, Show Catalog, (Reykjavik, Iceland), January 2014
“Art in 365 Days”, Icelandic Art Calendar, (Reykjavik, Iceland), September 2013
“2012 International Exhibition of Fine Art Photography”, Professional Women Photographers, .NO Gallery, Show Catalog, (NY, USA), April 2012
“Echo/Bergmal”, Show Catalog, (Reykjavik, Iceland), January 2012
“Laugavegurinn“ START ART, (Reykjavik, Iceland), June 2010
“Flash at a Moment of Danger”, Show Catalog, (Reykjavik, Iceland), June 2009
“Augnablik til framtíðar”, Icelandic Photographers Association 80th year, (Reykjavik, Iceland), May 2006
“The Painter Soffía Sæmundsdóttir” Nýtt Líf Magazine, Sigríður Inga Sigurðardóttir, (Reykjavik, Iceland), January 1999
”The Ceramist Guðrún Indriðadóttir,” Nýtt Líf Magazine, Sigriður Inga Sigurðardóttir, (Reykjavik, Iceland), April 1999
“Depression,” Vera Women’s Magazine, (Reykjavik, Iceland), September 1998
“The Photographs of Charlotta María Hauksdóttir”, Morgunbladid, (Reykjavik, Iceland), February 1997
“A Fotografare il Corpo”, La Pelle Magazine, (Rome, Italy), April 1997
Awards
2023
Gomma Photography Grant, New Flavour Award Finalist
2023 Members Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Honorable Mention
2022
Photolucida Critical Mass, Top 200
RESTART, Palo Alto Art Center, Jury Award
2022 Moscow International Foto Awards, Silver Award
2021
Chromatic Photography Awards, International Color Photography Contest, Honorable Mention
Tokyo Foto Awards, Honorable Mention
Budapest Foto Awards, Honorable Mention
2021 Rfotofolio Selections, Work of Merit
The Prix de la Photographie Paris 2021, Honorable Mention
In Conversation with the Land, Center for Fine Art Photography, Honorable Mention
Photolucida Critical Mass, Top 200
Lensculture Art Photography Awards, Juror’s Pick
Abstract 2020-21, New York Center for Photographic Art, 2nd Place
2020
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention
15th Pollux Awards, Honorable Mention
2020 San Francisco Bay International Photo Awards, 3rd Place
Distinction, 23rd Juried Photography Exhibition, Photographic Center Northwest, Honorable Mention
Tokyo International Photography Competition - 7th Edition, Winner
2019
Tokyo International Foto Awards, Honorable Mention
2019 San Francisco Bay International Photography Exhibition, Gold Award Winner
2018
ND Awards, Honorable Mention
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention
London International Creative Competition, Honorable Mention
Photolucida Critical Mass, Top 50
2018 International Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, 3rd place
2017
Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards 2017, Finalist
The Art of Living Photography Show, ACCI Gallery, Gallery Award Winner
2016
11th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Jurors Award
Family Portraits, Richmond Art Center, Jurors Award
2012
International Exhibition of Women’s Fine Art Photography, Honorable Mention
Public collections
Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, Canada
Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, California, USA
Reykjavik Museum of Photography, Reykjavik, Iceland
Affymetrix, Santa Clara, California, USA
Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, USA
Reykjavik City Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland